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US Sets up UN Clash with China over Bid to Blacklist Masood Azhar
The United States on Wednesday circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) leader Masood Azhar as a terrorist, setting up a potential clash with China over the move.
China earlier this month put on hold a request to put Masood Azhar, on the UN sanctions list, over his alleged ties to Al-Qaeda.
(Source: AFP)
Woman's Body Found in Drain in Delhi
The body of a 40-year old woman was found in a drain in East Delhi's Patparganj area. Police suspected the woman killed self by jumping into the drain.
(Source: PTI)
Eminent Russian Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky Dies
Russia's space agency says pioneering Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, has died at age 84.
Roscosmos said Bykovsky died Wednesday, but it didn't state a cause of death.
Bykovsky was one of 20 Soviet military pilots in the first group picked to prepare for space. He first flew to space in June 1963 as a member of the Vostok-5 crew.
He underwent training for a moon mission before the United States won the race to the moon and the Soviet Union canceled its plans to go there.
Bykovsky made his second space flight in 1976 and his third in 1978. He spent nearly 21 days in orbit in all.
(Source: AP)
US Working with India to Provide Alternative to Russian Missiles: Pentagon
The US is working with India to provide potential alternatives to S-400 air defence systems that New Delhi has decided to purchase from Russians, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
India inked an agreement with Russia in October last year to procure a batch of the missile systems at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore. India went ahead to seal the deal notwithstanding the US' warnings against it.
There were apprehensions about the payment mechanism for the deal in the wake of the US sanctions against Russia.
"We are very keen to see them (India) make an alternative choice. We're working with them to provide potential alternatives (to S-400)," Randall Schriver, Assistant Defence Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing.
(Source: PTI)